None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military ...

The shah of Iran faced a secular opposition that wanted to restore constitutional government. Washington continued to back ...

As a “Fight Club” of eight senators led by Bernie Sanders challenges Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s handling of ...

In 2026 Nayib Bukele will consolidate his dictatorship. Still only in his early 40s, El Salvador’s president has secured indefinite re-election by rewriting the constitution, having captured the ...

Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan delivers her remarks during the party's closing campaign rally in Mwanza on October 28, 2025. US-based lecturer Peter Ndiang'ui has warned East African leaders ...

Mr. Corrales is a professor of political science at Amherst College and the author of “Autocracy Rising: How Venezuela Transitioned to Authoritarianism.” For years, observers have been predicting the ...

The recent buildup of U.S. military operations in the Caribbean marks a decisive escalation in counternarcotics efforts, reigniting debate over America’s role in the hemisphere. Many abroad recoil at ...

President Donald Trump is poised to invoke the Insurrection Act, a measure that would give him sweeping powers to deploy the military across the United States under his personal control. The plan is a ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. The Supreme Court knocked down one of the ...

We are no longer heading toward a dictatorship. Under President Donald Trump, we are already there. Military patrols in U.S. cities, police raids on homes of the president’s critics, mass detentions ...

Re: “California must make schools safer for Jews” (Page A8, Sept. 7). I agree with Daniel Klein’s Sept. 7 column that antisemitism is wrong, and schools should protect Jewish students from harassment ...